Thursday, March 24, 2011

NRC response to Japanese nuclear power plant issues post earthquake/tsunami continues...

Here's a list of all pertinent documents that the NRC has placed into their ADAMS system regarding the Japanese nuclear power plants and NRC/US nuclear industry response:

  1. ML110710003 - Press Release-11-044: NRC in Communication with Japanese Regulators.
  2. ML110710004 - Press Release-11-045: NRC Experts Deploy to Japan as Part of U.S. Government Response.
  3. ML110720002 - Press Release-11-046: NRC Sees No Radiation at Harmful Levels Reaching U.S. From Damaged Japanese Nuclear Power Plants.
  4. ML110740833 - Press Release-11-047: Japanese Government Asks for Assistance With Reactor Events; U.S. Government and NRC Preparing Response.
  5. ML110740834 - Press Release-11-048: (Revised) NRC Sends Additional Experts to Assist Japan.
  6. ML110740628 - Press Release-11-049: NRC Analysis Continues to Support Japan’s Protective Actions.
  7. ML110760432 - NRC Information Notice 2011-05: Tohoku-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake Effects on Japanese Nuclear Power Plants.
  8. ML110800151 - Press Release-11-052: NRC Informs U.S. Nuclear Power Plants on Japan Earthquake s Effects.
  9. ML110810254 - M110321 - Briefing on NRC Response to Recent Nuclear Events in Japan
  10. ML110810804 - M110321 - Briefing on NRC Response to Recent Nuclear Events in Japan - SLIDES.
  11. ML110800456 - COMGBJ-11-0002 - NRC Actions Following the Events in Japan
  12. ML110800155 - Press Release-11-054: Opening Remarks of NRC Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko at Today s Commission Meeting on the Events in Japan
  13. ML110821154 - VR-COMGBJ-11-0002 - NRC Actions Following the Events in Japan.
  14. ML110821123 - Press Release-11-055: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Directs Staff on Continuing Agency Response to Japan Events; Adjusts Commission Schedule.



Of particular note, press release 11-055 discusses a short term and long term program. The short term program is scoped out three months with monthly updates to the Commission. The longer term program will begin after the three month window and the NRC aims to have a task force report within six months of the start of the long term response. Additionally, public meetings will be held on the following dates:

April 14, Aptil 28, May 3, June 16

More info about these public meetings can be found here (as I was typing this, the meeting schedule page was failing to load).

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